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Scientists identified a heartbeat-like rhythmic pulse trapped within the Earth — and say it has profound implications for a whole continent.

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Scientists Detect Deep, Rhythmic Pulse Coming From Inside the Earth

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In the deserts of Africa and the Middle East, scientists have discovered tiny rock tubes that appear to have been made by something alive.

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Scientists Intrigued by Strange Tunnels Under Africa and the Middle East

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have found new evidence for a massive subsurface ocean on Mars, again raising the possibility of microbial life.

Readings Show Evidence of Huge Ocean Under Mars’ Surface

By Victor Tangermann

After analyzing "super-continent" structures deep inside the Earth, scientists believe they could be up to billions of years old.

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Scientists Listening to Signals From Huge, Mysterious Objects Inside the Earth

By Frank Landymore

New research finally solves the nearly two hundred year old mystery of which volcano caused the Sun to turn blue with its epic eruption.

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Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out What Turned the Sun Blue

By Frank Landymore

An ancient rock — or rather, the living microbes inside of it — could offer an unprecedented glimpse into early life on Earth.

Scientists Cracked Open a 2-Billion-Year-Old Stone and Discovered Something Entirely Unexpected

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A series of ancient impact craters could be evidence of where meteors fell to Earth from a ring system hundreds of millions of years ago.

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Scientists Find Evidence Earth Used to Have a Ring Like Saturn

By Frank Landymore

Scientists have observed land surrounding a "unique" volcano in Tanzania bulging, a possible sign of an impending eruption.

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Giant Volcano Is Bulging, Scientists Find

By Victor Tangermann

Electric discharges underground cause gold atoms to accumulate, which eventually forms gold nuggets, the researchers suggest.

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Gold Nuggets Can Be Formed With Electricity, Scientists Claim

By Frank Landymore

After a blast at Yellowstone, don't worry: officials say this isn't a sign of an impending eruption of the area's supervolcano.

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Scientists Say Huge Hydrothermal Explosion at Yellowstone Not Sign of Impending Supervolcano Eruption

By Frank Landymore

While giant "star dunes" have been observed all over the world, their age and origin have remained something of a mystery.

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Scientists Intrigued by Moving Sand Dune With Star-Like “Arms”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers found microplastics in layers of sediment that date back as early as the first half of the 18th Century.

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Microplastics Found in Sediment Layers Untouched by Modern Humans

By Sharon Adarlo

This suggests that stars could be playing a bigger role in the evolution of our planet's orbit — and climate — than once believed.

Passing Star Altered Earth’s Orbit, Scientists Say

By Frank Landymore

The magnetic anomaly was discovered as part of researchers' extensive mapping of Lake Rotorua in New Zealand.

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Scientists Find Magnetic Anomaly in Lake Over Dormant Volcano

By Frank Landymore

These suddenly exploding craters in Siberia could be caused by a build up of hot gas and rising temperatures due to climate change.

Scientists Attempt to Explain Craters Exploding Out of the Earth

By Frank Landymore

An engineer developed an interactive website with a 3D view of Earth and the option to see what the planet looked like in the distant past.

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Awesome Website Lets You See What Dinosaurs Lived Near Your House

By Sharon Adarlo